Nail-buffer.



A. LOMBERG.

NAIL BUFFER.

APPLICATION FILED JAILZO, 1912.

1,053,839, Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

WITNESSES INVENTOR Jrflg mLom berg ATTORNEY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D c,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR LOMBEEG, 0F ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, TO LEW JOSEPH, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

NAIL-BUFFER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Application filed January 20, 1912. Serial No. 672,505.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR LOMBERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Union, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nail-Buffers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to manicuring devices, and more particularly to nail buffers or polishers, and has for one of its objects to provide means whereby a polishing material may be readily removed, and also kept stretched taut while the buffer is held by the handle.

Another object is to provide an adjustable handle which may be adjusted so as to be out of the way when the article is to be packed.

Further objects will appear from the detailed description, and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved buffer; Fig. 2 is an elevation partly in section showing the handle adjusted in a posit-ion it is to assume when the article is to be packed; Fig. 8 is a plan View of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 4: illustrates the body portion of the buffer, with the polishing material or chamois and also the handle removed; Fig. 5 is a View partly in section illustrating the chamois; Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively an elevation and plan of the tightening band.

The numeral 1 indicates the top of the body of the buffer, which may be ofany suitable material such as Wood, bone, celluloid, etc, and 2 indicates a covering which secures padding 8 to the top 1, and is held in place by cord 4 or any other suitable means. i

5 indicates the polishing material which is generally of chamois skin, and is held in place by a band 6, made of metal or any other suitable material. This band has at each extremity an aperture 7 Pivotally mounted in the apertures? of band 6, is a handle 8, formed preferably of spring sheet metal, and having pins 9 extending through the apertures 7 and perforations 10 in the polishing chamois and into small cavities in the body 1. Owing to this pivotal mounting, the handle 8 may assume any position to suit the hand of the operator,

and may also 'be turned out of the Way into the position indicated in Fig. 2, when the buffer is to be packed. lVhen the handle 8 is grasped by the operator it is flexed so as to exert an upward pull on the band 6, which is thus raised slightly and accordingly serves L0 tighten the polishing chamois 5. lVhen it is desired to renew the chamois, the handle 8 is removed by snapping pins 9 out from the apertures 7, the band 8 is slipped olf and chamois 5 removed. The inverse operations are gone through when the new chamois is replaced.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention as defined in the accompanying claims.

I claim:

1. In a nail buffer, a body portion, and a handle pivoted thereto at points adjacent the top of the end portions of said body portion, said handle consisting of a curved piece adapted to swing over from a position above the body portion to a position below the body portion and fitting snugly therewith.

2. A nail buffer comprising a body por tion, and a handle consisting of a bowed piece having pins extending inwardly from its extremities, and projecting into the body portion at points adjacent the top portions of the ends thereof, said handle being adapted to swing from a position above the body port-ion to a position below said body portion and to lie snugly thereagainst.

3. A nail buffer comprising a body portion, a polishing chamois and a band adapted to embrace said polishing member and hold the same in position on the body portion, said band having apertures at its opposite extremities, and a handle having pins adapted to pass through the apertures in said band, and to pivotally swing about said body port-ion.

4. A nail bufl'er comprising a body portion, a polishing member and a band adapted to embrace said polishing member and to hold the same in position on the body portion, said band having apertures at its opposite extremities, and a handle consisting of a bowed strip having inwardly extending pins at its opposite extremities, said pins extending through the apertures in the band, the handle being adapted to swing from a spaced position above the body portion to a position below said body portion, and lying snugly thereagainst.

5. A nail bufi'er comprising a body portion, a polishing member and a handle, a band embracing said polishing member and adapted to hold the same in position on the body portion said handle consisting of a fiat bowed spring member having inwardly projecting pins at its extremities, and adapted to pass through apertures in the band and polishing member and into the body portion, said handle being adapted when flexed by the hand of the operator to tighten the polishing member about the body portion.

6. A nail buffer comprising a body portion, and a bail shaped handle removably pivoted thereon at a point adjacent the top ofthe end portions thereof, said handle being adapted to swing from a position above the body portion where it is spaced therefrom, to a position below thereto and lying snugly thereagainst.

ARTHUR LOMBERG.

Witnesses:

LUoY A. KLINGLER, EMANUEL LEIZERKOURTZ.

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